By Cheryl Stowe
We are horribly to blame for telling you that you were each so extraordinarily special that life would bow to your wants and desires and specialness, and hand you each your own personal bliss. I would like to offer my sincerest apologies, on behalf of my peers of Boomers and Xers, who told the children […]
Read MoreIn response to the San Bernardino shootings, politicians are racing to the ubiquitous anti-gun stance. President Obama said today that he’s calling on Congress to close “loopholes” which allow the legal purchase of guns by any individual the government doesn’t trust to own them. As my friend, Matt, said, “You know what that loophole is […]
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My parents were in town this weekend. Friday night we all went to the Country Diner – which is literally 50 yards from the base of our driveway, on the same side of the street. The sign reads, “Country Diner – Since 1948”. We met the owner Betty Jo who came to our table to […]
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I went out to smoke this morning, and was greeted with a surprise: It’s Ballentrae Community Yard Sale Day. No, thanks. Dante may have left “holding a yard sale” off his list, but it’s somewhere in my Top 40. Twelve pirate garage sale signs have magically appeared in our front yard overnight, like a bed […]
Read More(For SCILife Magazine, October 2008) Seven months after applying for Social Security disability benefits, I received The Letter. The words “Notice of Disapproved Claim” stared at me in bold letters from the top of the form. In disbelief I read, “Although you do suffer from a spinal cord injury due to a motor vehicle accident, […]
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